Business Development Manager in Newry

MCS Group are delighted to be partnering with a leading and highly successful food manufacturing business to recruit a Business Development & Account Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established organisation with a strong reputation across retail, food manufacturing, and food service sectors, supplying a diverse range of fresh and prepared food products throughout the UK and Ireland. The business continues to invest in growth, innovation, and product development. This role will play a key part in driving that growth, particularly within the ready meal manufacturing and cooked food sectors.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Drive new business growth within the food manufacturing sector, with a particular focus on ready meal producers and bulk ingredient customers.
• Identify, develop, and secure new customer opportunities while expanding revenue streams within existing accounts.
• Manage and develop relationships with two key strategic accounts, ensuring exceptional service and long-term partnership growth.
• Work closely with internal teams including NPD, Procurement and Production to deliver innovative solutions and customer-focused outcomes.
• Attend customer meetings, industry events, and benchmarking visits to identify emerging market opportunities and industry trends.
• Collaborate across departments through regular operational meetings to align customer demand, production capacity, and new product opportunities.
• Develop a strong understanding of customer requirements and market dynamics within fast-paced food manufacturing environments.
• Contribute directly to the company's ambitious growth strategy through a combination of proactive business development and effective account management.
• Occasionally travel throughout the UK as required to support customer relationships and business development activity.

Essential Criteria

• Minimum of 5 years' experience within a sales, business development, account management, or commercial role.
• Proven track record of winning new business and delivering sustainable revenue growth.
• Experience within the foodservice industry.
• Strong understanding of short shelf-life products and the commercial and operational challenges associated with them.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders and departments.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify and convert growth opportunities.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel as required.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience selling into food manufacturing, ready meal production, prepared foods, or food service sectors.
• Knowledge of chilled, fresh, or short shelf-life food categories.
• Experience managing key customer accounts alongside new business development responsibilities.
• Established network within the UK and Irish food manufacturing market.

What's On Offer

• Base salary of up to £55,000.
• Annual performance-related bonus of up to £5,000.
• Company car or car allowance.
• Opportunity to join a growing business with significant investment and ambitious expansion plans.
• Exposure to some of the largest food manufacturing and food service customers across the UK and Ireland.
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture with excellent staff retention.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

How To Apply

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Charlie Plant, Associate Specialist Consultant at MCS Group on 02896935491. Even if this position is not right for you, we may have others that are. Please visit MCS Group to view a wide selection of our current jobs.

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